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Forums - Gaming - VGChartz Official Game of the Year 2025 – Final Voting

Per this article on the front page, Final Voting is now open for our 19th annual Game of the Year Awards.

 

>>Vote Here<<

   

Frequently Asked Questions:
  
Q - When does voting close?
A – Final Voting closes on January 2, 2026.

Q - Can I change my vote/edit my voting form after submitting it?
A - Yes, you can edit your voting form up until we close voting.

Q - Do I have to select a game for every award?
A - Nope. Select your favourite for as many or as few categories as you wish.

Q - Why can’t I vote for game XXXXXXX?
A – Unfortunately it didn’t make the cut during Preliminary Voting!

Q – I’d like to see an award for Best XXXXXX, it’s a shame you don’t do one.
A – Let us know in the comments; we’re always open to suggestions, especially for new or replacement categories. 

Q – How is the winner in each category determined?
A – By a mixture of community and staff voting, weighted 50/50. On the community side we use the Google Form that’s linked above, while on the staff side we vote individually on the staff forums. The staff’s results are converted into percentages for each game in each category. These percentages are combined with the percentages from the community’s results, with the total then being divided by two to get an average. This average determines both the final Shortlist of games to be featured in each award article and the Winners themselves.

Q - When and how will the Winners be announced?
A – Winners will be announced in a series of articles (as well as a thread I'll post) that we'll start publishing in mid-January.



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The remaster category had some rather interesting choices lol



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Sent in my votes. Struggled with the performance part, I don't like narrative games that much so had to wing it with the popular choice there.



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Voted. Only one big missing option from my previous votes, Nioh 3 for the most hyped game for 2026, but I'm surprised most of what I picked elsewhere is still available now.



G2ThaUNiT said:

The remaster category had some rather interesting choices lol

Indeed, some are not even remasters, but well... lol



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I dont know why Time Stranger is big surprise.
If you saw gameplay trailer and if you played Cyber Sleuth then you knew what to expect. Time Stranger is just a littler simpler version of CS but non the less one of the best games this year, same as CS when it was released 10 years ago. Also i dont know why Metroid Prime 4 is in Most Disappointing games, Prime 4 is amazing and it looks stunning on OG Switch i can only imagine how great game look on Switch 2.
There are so many hilarious nominees in all categories.



Even with Clair Obscur it still stands.



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